Merging an Event with an Adjacent Event

If you determine that an event is actually a continuation of the event before or after it, you can merge the two events by making their utilization reasons match.

To merge an event with an adjacent event

• In the Edit Event side sheet, select the reason that matches the next or previous event. The events will be merged when the event is saved. The duration of the merged event will equal the duration of the two source events, as shown in the following diagram.

The system might be configured such that the comments of the events being merged must match to allow the merge to occur. If this is the case, edit the comment so that it matches the comment of the other event.

The system might also be configured such that the raw reason codes of the events being merged must match to allow the merge to occur. For a complete explanation of the restrictions regarding when events can be merged, see Merging Events.

Note: This merging of events with the same reasons (and comments and raw reason codes, potentially) means that if a utilization reason is split, and nothing about it is changed, the new event will automatically be merged with the event from which it was split when saved. So, it will appear as if the splitting did not happen. To avoid this, when splitting the event, you should change the reason (or possibly the comments) of the new event before saving it.